CHM 102: Introductory Organic Chemistry

Hydrocarbon

Alkane is a hydrocarbon that has only singlebonds. Alkanes has a general formula ofCnH2n+2. An alkane in the shape of a ring iscalled a cycloalkane.

Alkene is a compound that has at least onedouble bond. Alkene general formula is CnH2n.

• Alkyne is a compound that has at least onetriple bond. A straight chain alkyne with onetriple bond has the formula CnH2n − 2.

C

H

H

H

H

Methane (CH4)

C CH H

H

HH

H

Ethane (CH3-CH3)

C CH H

H

HH

H

C

H

H

Propane (CH3-CH2-CH3)

C CH H

H

HH

H

C

H

H

C

H

H

Butane (CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3)

C CH H

H

HH

H

C

H

H

C

H

H

C

H

H

Pentane (CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3)

Nomenclature of alkaneIdentify the parent chain (longest carbon chain)

and the substituents (groups attached to the parent chain).

Identify the ‘branches’ on the longest carbon chain and name them accordingly.

Number the carbon atoms on the longest carbon chain to describe the positions of the branches – use the lowest numbers possible.

Each substituent is given a name and a number. The number shows the carbon atom to which the substituent is attached.

If the substituent appears more than once, the number of each carbon of the parent chain on which the substituent occur is given. In addition, the number of times in which the substituent occur is given by a prefix di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, etc.

If there are 2 or more substituent, they are listed in alphabetical order. (Ignore prefix like di-, tri-, tetra-, etc, or sec-, tert-, etc, when alphabetizing).

Exercise 1: Name the organic compounds below:CH3 CH2

CH2

CH2

CH3CH3

CH3CH CH

3-ethyl-5-methylhexane

CH3 CH2

CH2

CH2

CH3CH3

CH3CH CH13 2456

1

3

2

456

1 32 4 5 6

1

2 3 4

5 6

(a) Write the structural formulae of: (i) 2-bromo-3chloro-3-methylpentane (ii) 4-ethyl-2-methylheptane (iii) 2,2,5-trimethyloctane (iv) 2,3,4-trimethylheptane.

CH3 CH CH

CH3

CH3CH CH

Cl

Br

CH2 CH3

CH3

CH3

CH3 CH2 CH CH3CH

F

Cl

1 2

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(b) Name the following organic compounds

Preparation of alkane1. Wurtz reaction

2. Grignard reduction

3. Reduction

4. Hydrogenation

Na R RR X2

R X + Mg RMgXH2O R H

R X + Zn H+R-H ZnX2

+ +R X + LiAlH4 RH LiX AlX3+ +

dry ether

RC CR' RCH2CH2R'H2

Reaction of alkane 1. Combustion

2. Halogenation

Reactivity X: Cl2 > Br

H: 3o > 2o > 1o > CH3-H

3. Free radical substitution

R CO2 H2OO2+ +

R HXX+ +R-X

X.+R-H R. HX+

R. + X2 R-X X.+

Sources of alkanesAlkanes are obtained from crude oil and natural

gas.

Natural gas contains 60–90% methane.

Crude oil is a mixture of many carboncompounds with different chain lengths.

The oil is therefore separated into groups ofcompounds with roughly the same chain lengthin an oil refinery.

The technique that is used to refine the oil iscalled fractional distillation.

Fractional distillation of crude oilThe oil is heated and passed into a tall fractionating

column. Compounds with large molecules and high boiling

points are collected at the bottom of the tower,whereas the more volatile components, with smallermolecules, are collected near the top.

Each group of compounds collected is called afraction.

Each fraction is still a complicated mixture, since itcontains alkanes of a range of carbon numbers andisomers of each carbon number.

In addition to alkanes, crude oil contains somecycloalkanes and aromatic compounds – theproportion of each present depends upon the sourceof the oil.

Fractionating column

Alkenes Alkene molecules contain a double bond

between carbon atoms.

They have the general formula CnH2n and their names end in ‘ene’.

The first three (ethene, propene, and butene) are gases at 25°C.

C C

H

HH

H

C C H

H

H

H

C

H

HCH3CH2CH=CH2

1-butene

CH3CH=CHCH3but-2-eneethene propene

Nomenclature of Alkenes The IUPAC names of alkenes are formed by changing

the –an- infix of the parent alkane to –en-. HenceCH2=CH2 is named ethene and CH3CH=CH2 is namedpropene.

According to the IUPAC system, the longest carbonchain that contains the double bond is numbered togive the carbon atoms of the double bond thelowest possible numbers.

The location of the double bond is indicated by thenumber of the first carbon of the double bond.Branched or substituted alkenes are named in thesame way as alkanes.

The carbon atoms are numbered, substituent groupsare located and named, the double bond is located,and the parent chain is named.

Exercise Name the following compounds:

CH2CH3 CH CH3CH CH

CH3(a)CH2

CH2

CH3

CH3

CH3

CCH

(b)

CH3

(d)

CH3

CH3(e)

Preparation of Alkene1. Dehydrogenation of alkylhalides

2. Dehalogenation of vicinal dihalides.

Ease of dehydrogenation: 3o > 2o > 1o

C C

XX

Zn+ ZnCl2C C +

C C

H X

KOH Alc+ C C + HX

3. Dehydration of alcohol

4. Reduction of Alkynes

C C

H OH

H2OC C +acid

heat

R-C C-RH2

Pd or Ni-B

R

CH

C

H

R

cis

R-C C-RNa or Li

NH3

R

CH

C

H

Rtrans

Reactions of alkene1. Hydrogenation

2. Halogenation

C C + H2Pt, Pd, or Ni

C C

HH

C C + X2 C C

XX

X2 = Cl2, Br2

3. Addition of hydrogen halide.

Markonikoff rule: The hydrogen of the acid attach itself to the carbonwhich already has the greatest number of hydrogen. In the presenceof peroxide, HBr will undergo anti-Markovnikov addition.

4. Addition of sulphuric acid

C C + HX C C

XH

HX = HCl, HBr, HI

C C + H2SO4C C

OSO3HH

5. Addition of water

6. Halohydrin formation

C C + HOH C C

OHH

H+

C C + H2O C C

OHH

X2 + + HX

X = Cl, Br

7.Oxymecuration – Demercuration

8. Hydroboration – Oxidation

C C + H2O Hg(OAc)2+ C C

HgOAcOH

C C

HOH

+ H2O

NaBH4

C C

+

(BH3)2

C C

B

H2O2

OH-C C

OHH

8. Polymerisation

9. Hydroxylation

nCH2=CH2heat

pressureCH2 CH2 **

n

C C + KMnO4 or HCO2OH C C

OHOH

OzonolysisOzonolysis or ozonation is the cleavage

of an alkene by ozone (O3).

It is a cycloaddition that destroys bonds

ozone is a powerful oxidant and cleaves the alkene to make two carbonyl compounds.

Ozone s a 1,3-dipole and does typical 1,3- dipolar cycloadditions with alkenes.

Structure of ozone:

Ozonolysis reactions

O

OO

O

OO

O

OO (-)

(+)

R

R

1. O3

2. Me2S

RO O

R+ aldehydes

2. H2O2

R

R

1. O3+

R O

OH O

OH

R

carboxylic acids

2. NaBH4

R

R

1. O3

+R OH

OH Ralcohols

Ozonolysis of cyclohexenes is particularly useful as it gives 1,6-dicarbonyl compounds that are otherwise difficult to make.

In the simplest case we get hexane 1,6-dioic acid (adipic acid) a monomer for nylon manufacture.

1. O3

2. H2O2

CO2H

CO2H

Alkynes

General formula: CnH2n-2

Presence of at least one triple bond

C CH Hethyne

C C CH3H

propyne

CH2C CH3HCbut-1-yne

(or 1-butyne)

C CH3CHC

but-2-yne(or 2-butyne)

Preparation of alkynesDehydrogenation of alkylhalide

Dehalogenation of tetrahalides

Reaction of water and calcium carbide

C C

X X

H H

alc. KOH C C

X

H

C CNaNH2

C C

X X

X X

C C + 2 ZnX2+ 2 Zn

CaC2 + H2O HC CH + Ca(OH)2

Reaction of alkynes1. Hydrogenation

2. Halogenation

C CPd or

Ni-BC C

HH

+ H2

C CNa or Li C C

HH

C C C C

XX

+ X2 + X2 C C

X X

X XX = Cl, Br,

3. Addition of hydrogen halide

4. Addition of water (hydration)

C C + HX C C

H X

H X

C C

XH

+ HX

C C + H2O C C

H O

C C

OHH

HgSO4

H2SO4

BenzenePreparation of benzene

1. Ring formation

2. Cyclisation

3. Elimination

C C3 H H580oC

CH3 CH2 CH2 CH3CH2CH2 Cr2O3

OH Zn dust+ ZnO

Reactions of benzene1. Nitration

2. Sulphournation

3. Halogenation

4. Friedel-Crafts Alkylation

+ HONO2H2SO4 NO2 H2O+

+ HOSO3H SO3 SO3H H2O+

+ X2Fe

X HX+

X = Cl, Br

+ RCl FeR HCl+

5. Friedel-Crafts acylation (also hydrogenation)

6. Bromination

7. Combustion

+ ROCl COR HCl+

BrBr

Br

BrBr

BrBr+ 3

sunlight

+ (15 - n) O2 (12 - n) CO2 6H2O nC++2

AlcoholsGeneral formula

CnH2n+1OH or R-OH

CH3-CH-OH

ethanolC H 3C H 2CH 2-O H

propan-1-ol(or 1-propanol)

CH3CHCH3

OH

propan-2-ol(or 2-propanol)

CH3CH2CH2CH2-OH 1-butanol(or butan-1-ol)

CH3CHCH2CH3

OH

butan-2-ol(or 2-butanol)

Preparation of Alcohols1. Addition of hydroxide

2. Grignads reagents

R-X + NaOH R-OH + NaX

R-CH2-O-Mg-X + HX R-CH2-OH MgX2+primary alcohol

H-CHO + R-Mg-X R-CH2-O-Mg-X

R'-Mg-X+ + MgX2

tertiary alcohol

R2C=O C OH

R

R

R'

R-CHO + R'-Mg-X R-C-OH MgX2+

secondary alcohol

R'

H

3. Hydration of alkenes

4. Reaction of amines with nitrous acid

5. Oxymecuration – Demecuration

R'-CH=CH2H2SO4

R' CH

OCH3

SO2

OH

R' CHCH3

OH

H2O

excess

R-NH2 + HO-NONaNO2

H+ROH N2 H2O++

C C + H2OHg(OAc)2 C C

OH HgOAc OH H

C CNaBH4

Markovnikov addition

6. Hydroboration – Oxidation

Reaction of Alcohols1. Reaction with hydrogen halides

C CC

H B

C(BH3)2 H2O2 C

OHH

COH-

Anti-Markovnikov addition

R-OH + HX RX + H2O

Reactivity of HX: HI > HBr > HClReactivity of ROH: allyl, benzyl > 3o > 2o > 1o

2. Reaction with Phosphorous trihalide

3. Dehydration

4. Ester formation

R-OH + PX3 RX + H3PO3

C C +C

OHH

C H2O

R-OH + R'COX ROOCR' + HX

R-OH + R'COOH ROOCR' H2O+

5. Reaction with active metals

6. Oxidation

R-CH2OH K2Cr2O7 RCOOHK2Cr2O7R-CHO

R2-CHOH K2CrO7R2-CHO

R-OH + M RO-M+ + 1/2 H2